Re: TrueView InDisplay View Rate Dropping

Your view rates can alter drastically from day to day. ESPECIALLY if you're using a remarketing in your targeting lists. People may be sick of seeing the same video or they may already know what the video is about. In this case, take a look at your frequency capping.

There's a whole bunch of other reasons why this would happen (another AdWords user with a lot of budget running a campaign in your space) or even the targeting overlap,

My guess would be either remarketing or the placements. Run a placement report to see where your views were coming from and if your videos are still appearing on the same pages. If you're targeting specific channels or even videos, it's possible that you've "used up" that audience by now (depending on how long you've been running).

Have you tried a new follow up video?

It's a bit difficult to give any more info than than without getting a LOT more information like your video URL, exact targeting options, targeting lists and strategies and of course the content of the video (is it still relevant?).

Re: TrueView InDisplay View Rate Dropping

Yeah, there's a reporting error, not that adwords would ever admit that, but there seems to be a problem with Adwords registering the view. My guess, and this is just a guess, is that it has to do with an advertisement running in advance.

Also, have you noticed a terrible decrease in earned metrics? With European countries not reporting almost any earned views/subs?

Re: TrueView InDisplay View Rate Dropping

He was seeking to be supportive. I would just say thank you or say nothing at all. I appreciated the tone of his response and it did confirm that there might be an issue with your account and not with everyone else's. I found Dave's answer to be pretty helpful.

Re: TrueView InDisplay View Rate Dropping

From a previous issue with this, which they did report back that it was an issue with YouTube reporting the view. Essentially what happened was that the view rate for indisplay plummeted from a solid 1.2% for weeks straight, down to .05% in 2 days. Currently its hovering at a pretty crappy .4% - .5% down from a 1.3% or so with no significant other factors at play.

Yeah, those devices seem fine. Desktop/Laptop has fallen by 50%-75%.

Also, have you noticed earned metrics for new ads not showing up for a few days as well and it appears not to populate after a few days for the first few days either?

Re: TrueView InDisplay View Rate Dropping

I've had the same exact issue since a sudden drop August 11-13. It is way more pronounced on "computer" devices. I think a drop on "computer" would hurt "earned" actions as the display ads on YouTube Videos are harder to find on mobile. I'm getting nowhere with AdWords support who expect me to believe user behavior would change a previous 2% view rate to a .02% view rate over night. It's not about exhaustion of the content either, we post new content every week and had been regularly hitting about a 2% view rate until the dramatic overnight -100x drop. I realize this thread has been dead for almost a month, but has anyone gotten to the root of this problem?

Re: TrueView InDisplay View Rate Dropping

I have found a semi fix for the issue. If I change the landing page from channel to video the view rate for me went from 0.5 % to 5 %. Unfortunately, even with this information adwords support can't explain or fix the issue. Instead they are suggesting me to use the video as landing page which isn't as good in my opinion because it gives me less "earned views".